Odeon of Pericles

The Odeon of Pericles was a 43,000-square-foot odeon theatre built at the southeastern foot of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. It was first built in 435 BC by Pericles for musical contests, and it was covered with timber made from captured Persian ships; it was modeled after Xerxes I's original tent. The Odeon was burned down during Sulla's siege of Athens in 87-86 BC during the First Mithridatic War, but it was later rebuilt by Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia.